Galatians 3:3 Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?
Judges 15:14-15 As Samson arrived at Lehi, the Philistines came shouting in triumph. But the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon Samson, and he snapped the ropes on his arms as if they were burnt strands of flax, and they fell from his wrists. 15 Then he found the jawbone of a recently killed donkey. He picked it up and killed 1,000 Philistines with it.
-Have you ever seen someone panic in a pool? They fight hard against the water but sink.
-Have you ever “tried” to sleep, knowing you needed rest for the day to come? All that resulted was a sleepless night.
-Have you ever made a relational mistake then try to kick it into overdrive to make it better? It most likely got worse.
-Have you ever racked your brain to place a song or a name or such? Net result: you usually can’t… until later, when you stop trying and it pops right into your head.
All these and a hundred more examples point to the truth of the law of reversed effort. According to Aldous Huxley the law of reversed effort states; The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed.
If you know me or read my blog you know I’m all about hard work and effort. However, there are times that the harder we fight for something the more ground we seem to loose. It may be that we are fighting to take a hill that we were never meant to take. It may be that we’re taking a hill that we’re not YET meant to take. Or it may be that we’re going about the fight wrongly empowered.
Rogue wisdom says, “pick your battles carefully”. This bit of wisdom has always been counter to my impetuous nature. Every battle has often looked worth fighting and so I’ve fought. Problem is, even when I win, I loose because I rise from the fray exhausted, with little to show for my efforts. I’ve learned, or rather I should say, I’m learning to pick my battles more carefully.
I’ve had my moments, those rare, beautiful moments of clarity. It’s in these moments when I truly get it. You see when we pick the right battle, for the right reason, at the right time, empowered by something greater than us, it all comes together.
God help us to never drift from the reality that we need you and the strength that you give.
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